Barbara Haskell
3) Milton Avery
Author
Publisher
Whitney Museum of American Art in association with Harper & Row
Pub. Date
c1982
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
223 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Whitney Museum of American Art
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
271 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
The social and political climate in which Wood's art flourished bears certain striking similarities to America today, as national identity and the tension between urban and rural areas reemerge as polarizing issues in a country facing the consequences of globalization and the technological revolution. Wood portrayed the tension and alienation of contemporary experience. By fusing meticulously observed reality with fables of childhood, he crafted unsettling...